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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">XML Form Documents (XForms)</title>
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<created date="2004-08-12T09:58:56">UFI: XForms main guide</created>
<lastedited date="2006-12-08T11:41:38">DEDR: Reviewed</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5215613"><bookmark_value>web documents;XForms</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>forms;XForms</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>XML Forms</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>XForms</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>editing;XForms</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>opening;XForms</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106E5" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/guide/xforms.xhp">XML Form Documents (XForms)</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106F5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">XForms are a new type of web form that was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium. The XForm model is defined in Extensible Markup Language (XML). The model uses separate sections to describe what a form does and what a form looks like. You can view the specification for XForms at: <link href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/">http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/</link>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10746" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Working with XForms</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1074A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In %PRODUCTNAME, an XForms document is a special type of Writer document. The Design Mode for an XForm document has additional toolbars and panes. </paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1074D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">After you create and save an XForms document, you can open the document, fill out the form, and submit the changes to a server.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><comment>What's the role of UBL?</comment><comment>We do not officially support exporting to XHTML - but should be possible using XSLT</comment></paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10706" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Create a New XForms Document</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1070D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - New - XML Form Document</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10714" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The XForms design window opens in an empty Writer document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10718" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Design your form.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1071E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Insert a control, select the default model in the property browser, and enter a binding statement.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10722" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the data navigator, add an element to the instance.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10726" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Load a new instance from an XML file and add controls to the relevant XML elements or attributes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10729" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Open an XForms Document</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10730" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> and select the XForms document. An XForm document has the same extension as a Writer text document (*.odt).</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10737" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Edit an XForms Document</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1073B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the XForms document and use the following toolbars and windows:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10741" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG"><link href="text/shared/main0226.xhp">Form Design toolbar</link></paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10757" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp">Form Controls toolbar</link></paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1075F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/01/xformsdata.xhp">Data Navigator</link></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1075B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/02/01170600.xhp">Form Navigator</link></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10848" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><comment>UFI: currently only StarOffice can render and evaluate our XForms docs. Mozilla has announced a planned support recently. There may be plugins for other browsers. Should we tell the user?</comment></paragraph>
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